Limit on alt. fuel credit heads to JindalBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers have revamped the state’s alternative fuel vehicle tax credit program, after concerns the law was too broadly written and could be too expensive. The House gave un...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: The income tax code is complicated beyond comprehension. An institution like the IRS has no place in a society of free people. The power that came to congress with the income tax and...

Jindal won’t hear of tax to aid deafGiven the steep decrease in telephone land lines and the explosion in cell phones, the legislative bill to adjust the tax to pay for telecommunications services for the deaf seemed fair and reasona...

Senate passes bill on raises for judgesLouisiana's judges and sheriffs are edging closer to five years of annual pay raises. A Senate-passed bill allowing the pay hikes received the backing of the House Appropriations Committee May 28 w...

Schools prepare for shootersA bill adopted by the Louisiana Legislature this year requiring all public schools in the state to coordinate crisis management plans with local law enforcement and emergency preparedness officials...

Letters to the EditorOn Veteran’s Day 2001 I was honored by the Natchitoches Times by having a rather long article I had written published in their holiday edition. In that article I told the story of four men, all Nat...

State bucks national trend of tighter gun lawsBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws, and state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive statutes. Accor...